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08-10-10, 08:04 AM
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Posted By romexican

nice catch.. not sure why I assumed CU

nice catch.. not sure why I assumed CU
08-09-10, 07:58 PM
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Posted By romexican

am I reading this right? 125 amp service...

am I reading this right? 125 amp service requires 2 2/0 CU for the hots and 1 #1 AL for neutral?

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This is from my POCOs...
08-09-10, 08:43 AM
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Posted By romexican

what is considered significant?

what is considered significant?
08-08-10, 01:12 PM
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Posted By romexican

A new panel typically comes with the main braker...

A new panel typically comes with the main braker right? What size would I put in? Would I still be limited to 125 amp main at this point?
08-07-10, 07:41 PM
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Posted By romexican

Yeah. Coming into the meter socket from POCO.

Yeah. Coming into the meter socket from POCO.
08-06-10, 09:08 PM
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Posted By romexican

I take that back. the #2 is not connected to the...

I take that back. the #2 is not connected to the main breaker. I meant the service feeder wires coming into the panel from the underground service.
08-04-10, 03:43 PM
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Posted By romexican

How do the POCO size their feeder wires? Is it...

How do the POCO size their feeder wires? Is it different than the NEC tables? My panel is currently being fed with #2 AL labeled as type "RHH or RHW or USE" connected to 125 amp main breaker. Well...
08-01-10, 12:45 PM
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Posted By romexican

Yep, derating all taken into account, which is...

Yep, derating all taken into account, which is why I ended up with 5 conduits.

One thing I didn't take into account and I'm not sure about is ambient temperature correction factors. Not sure how...
07-31-10, 04:08 PM
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Posted By romexican

progress... only a few circuits left to bring...

progress... only a few circuits left to bring into jbox.

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07-28-10, 03:40 PM
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Posted By romexican

the EMT transitions to steel flex conduit for...

the EMT transitions to steel flex conduit for about the last foot or so. Am I understanding 250.118(5)(b) correctly? For any of the conduits that contain circuits which are more than 20 amps, the...
07-25-10, 06:38 AM
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Posted By romexican

Am I missing something here? If the existing...

Am I missing something here? If the existing circuit is ran with 12/2, why are you saying that you will run 4 #10? It's a 220 volt circuit so you would only need 2 hots and a ground.

Unless you...
07-21-10, 09:27 PM
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Posted By romexican

I'm looking at the T&B Shrink-Kon catalog for...

I'm looking at the T&B Shrink-Kon catalog for some white shrink tubing to put over the bare neutral on the SE cable. I'm not seeing what I think I would need though. They have it in the catalog,...
07-21-10, 08:42 PM
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Posted By romexican

In what scenario would you run two entirely...

In what scenario would you run two entirely separate circuits to a duplex receptacle? Why not just feed it with a MWBC and keep the neutral tab intact?
07-21-10, 09:42 AM
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Posted By romexican

Ok one concern I have now is supporting the #8...

Ok one concern I have now is supporting the #8 wires in the conduit. My conduit system isn't compete yet, but just as a test I pushed in 3 #8, yeah I said pushed... this stuff is so slick it's...
07-20-10, 05:03 PM
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Posted By romexican

I hope this isn't a hijack but I have a similar...

I hope this isn't a hijack but I have a similar question about the range circuit for the project I'm working on.

I'm gonna have 2 #8 hot and 1 #8 neutral in the conduit for the range circuit. ...
07-17-10, 02:42 PM
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Posted By romexican

So now I'm toying with the idea of ditching the...

So now I'm toying with the idea of ditching the jbox to transition from EMT to 2" flex and just attaching 3/4" flex to each EMT. I don't wanna play with my bender in the garage all day trying to...
07-13-10, 09:04 PM
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Posted By romexican

Wow.. okay so I got a little too eager and...

Wow.. okay so I got a little too eager and decided to start swapping out circuits today.

I disconnected every circuit in the panel and then worked on attaching the jbox with the 2" flex. Didn't...
07-13-10, 04:00 PM
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Posted By romexican

How does the smaller conductor not get overloaded...

How does the smaller conductor not get overloaded at first?

When I think of the hose analogy, I think of the idea that the water will enter both hoses, and keep filling them up until it backs up...
07-12-10, 10:36 PM
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Posted By romexican

No they werent self-tapping. The hole was...

No they werent self-tapping. The hole was already threaded.
07-12-10, 08:11 PM
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Posted By romexican

Does 300.14 apply to a junction box like the one...

Does 300.14 apply to a junction box like the one I'm dealing with? I have about 1.5ft of free conductor from the front of the box. I thought it was a lot at first but then had to consider how far...
07-11-10, 09:29 PM
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Posted By romexican

You're suggesting a #6 to be pulled inside the...

You're suggesting a #6 to be pulled inside the conduit? Not sure I understand that one.

Right now I've got a ground in each conduit that's sized to the largest circuit so I have no grounds larger...
07-11-10, 09:16 PM
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Posted By romexican

I guess I need to pick up a book on electrical...

I guess I need to pick up a book on electrical theory. you say all of the ground wires will carry the current? How would the #14 not get overloaded if there was a ground fault on a 50 amp circuit? ...
07-11-10, 09:01 PM
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Posted By romexican

If I've got a ground in each conduit and all the...

If I've got a ground in each conduit and all the grounds from the NM cables and conduits are tied together and there's a fault... which one is going to carry the current?
07-11-10, 12:06 PM
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Posted By romexican

I installed a grounding bar in my jbox to land...

I installed a grounding bar in my jbox to land all the grounds on but I lost the instructions for it.

Are the torque values for copper conductors pretty universal or should I try to locate the...
07-08-10, 09:53 PM
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Posted By romexican

I was thinking about this recently and I thought...

I was thinking about this recently and I thought about sleeving the bare neutral with heat-shrink or tape like you said... but why is it allowed to be exposed in the main panel? I guess what I'm...
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